clockworklabs / clockworklabs/SpacetimeDB
C#: Reducers and types with same name but different capitalization have bad error text
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Description
If you have a module with following table and reducer, there are no errors in IDE, but publishing returns a fairly unhelpful error
[Table]
public partial class Test { }
[Reducer]
public static void test() { }
Publishing error:
CSC : warning CS8785: Generator 'Module' failed to generate source. It will not contribute to the output and compilation errors may occur as a result. Exception was of type 'ArgumentException' with message 'The hintName 'Module.test.cs' of the added source file must be unique within a generator.
CSC : error CS5001: Program does not contain a static 'Main' method suitable for an entry point
Note: This can also happen with two reducers or two tables - it doesn't need to be a combination of both.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the sample module with a table and reducer whose names differ only by capitalization, then trace the C# module source generator used during publishing. Confirm the duplicate hintName error and identify the generator entry point responsible; done means publishing this case no longer produces that error, including when both items are reducers or tables.
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- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- build-system, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
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